From: Shawn Hargreaves <Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: Allegro MIDI looping
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 09:52:06 +0000
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Paul Derbyshire writes:
>The problem with making this part of the MIDI file structure instead of
>coding it in the software, is that it requires inventing a whole pile of
>editors and stuff for making these special MIDIs, and until one comes out,

It can be done with standard MIDI commands that are supported by every
sequencer. For example, MIDI defines 128 controller messages, of which
it only uses a handful (1=modulation, 7=volume, etc), so I could use,
say, controller 100 to set a marker and controller 101 to goto a marker. 


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